by Brian Garst | Jan 31, 2014 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Flat Tax, Tax Competition, Taxation, VAT
The Bureaucrats at the OECD don’t pay any taxes on their own salaries, but they work very hard to make sure everyone else is hit with exorbitant rates. They’ve persistently fought against tax competition to make it easier for politicians to raise taxes...
by Brian Garst | Jan 16, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Health Care
While Canadians are defensive about their health care system, and often times hold it up as a superior model, tens of thousands nevertheless voted with their feet in 2013 for America’s quasi-market system. Each year the Fraser Institute surveys physicians across...
by Brian Garst | Dec 18, 2013 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Tax Competition, Taxation
Writing for Hong Kong’s Harbour Times, CF&P President Andrew Quinlan and I recently coauthored a piece explaining why appeasing the radical demands of the OECD is a losing strategy. Simply put, the global tax collectors will not be satisfied with anything...
by Brian Garst | Dec 16, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Regulations
A new Reason-Rupe poll finds Americans increasingly tired of government banning everything they like. The federal government recently proposed rules that would effectively ban trans fats, but 71 percent of Americans say they should be allowed to buy foods with trans...
by Brian Garst | Dec 5, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Government Spending
The sequester was a victory for advocates of small government and a major defeat for the Obama administration. It was also a defeat for the special interest bottom feeders who leech off the American taxpayer. But they’re not going down quietly: The defense...
